Pakistan has over 97 million voters, says ECP

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday said that total registered voters in the country have reached the figure of 97.02 million with 54.6 male and 42.4 female voters.

According to available data of registered voters shared by the ECP, out of a total registered voters 55.8 million voters were from Punjab, 26.45 million voters were from Sindh 14.5 million voters from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3.7 million voters from Balochistan, 2.14 million voters from FATA and 0.69 million voters from the federal capital.

The figure of registered voters in 2013 general elections was 86 million while it is expected that the registered voters will cross the figure of 100 million by general elections 2018.

It said that out of the total current figure, 14.6 million voters were between the ages of 18 to 25 years; 27. 6 million voters were between the ages of 26 to 35 years; 20. 37 million voters were between the ages of 36 to 45 years; 14.8 million voters were between ages of 46 to 55 years; and 9.8 million voters between the ages of 56 to 65, while 9.5 million voters were above ages of 65 million.